The Vampire Dancer
5.5
The man-hungry “vampire,” later to be popularized by America’s Theda Bara, made her screen debut in this Danish melodrama directed by August Blom. Clara Wieth starred in the title role of the Vampire Dancer, which is just what she was: a dancer performing her seductions on-stage. Off-stage, the young girl is kindhearted and a bit naïve. The lustful dance, during which Robert Dinesen succumbs to the dancer’s fatal charms, remained the centerpiece of the film, which was a popular success and made Wieth an international star.
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Clara Pontoppidan
Silvia Lafont, the Vampire Dancer
Known for
Häxan
Henry Seemann
Count von Waldberg
Also in
Häxan
A Victim of the Mormons
August Blom
Also in
A Message to Napoleon at Elba
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Nikolai Brechling
Robert Dinesen
Oscar Borch
Known for
The Right of Youth
Waldemar Hansen
Also in
Unjustly Accused
The Black Hood
Frederik Jacobsen
Servant
Also in
Atlantis
Beyond the Barricade
Ingeborg Bruhn Bertelsen
Also in
Frederik Buch som skopudser
The Man Without a Future
Svend Bille
Also in
The Ballet Dancer
Ballade i Nyhavn
Axel Boesen
Known for
The Right of Youth
Frederik Christensen
Also in
Häxan
The Great Circus Catastrophe
Julie Henriksen
Also in
The White Slave Trade
Temptations of a Great City
August Blom Director
First release January 1, 1912 · Produced in Denmark · Production Nordisk Film, Nordisk Film Kompagni
Production
Nordisk Film Denmark
Production
Nordisk Film
Production
Nordisk Film Kompagni
Production · Distribution
Denmark
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Original title
Vampyrdanserinden
Original language
Danish
Spoken on screen
No dialogue
Release dates
Finland · January 1, 1912
Denmark · March 4, 1912
Theatrical
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